Webaroo emerging from stealth

Webaroo — a stealthy startup that was founded in Seattle — is getting ready to unveil a new technology that it says will bring a “breakthrough capability to your mobile world.”

Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik reports that Webaroo co-founder Rakesh Mathur — who co-founded Junglee and worked for a short spell at Amazon.com — is returning to Silicon Valley from Seattle to run the startup. Malik says he is under embargo and can’t write about the new business, saying only that it is an interesting idea. Silicon Beat also provides some background on Mathur and Webaroo’s upcoming launch.

I covered Webaroo last summer, talking about the backgrounds of the founders and vaguely discussing the market they are attacking. The company’s Web site still lists Seattle as one of its locations, but the startup only has jobs available in Silicon Valley and India.

I had heard rumblings that Webaroo would be coming out of stealth mode soon, so I contacted co-founder Brad Husick earlier this week. He tells me that Seattle will remain an important location for the company, with marketing, sales and operations based here. Mathur recently sold his home in the Seattle area and relocated to the Bay Area for personal reasons, Husick said. But that doesn’t mean the entire company is heading south.

More details are slated to emerge about Webaroo in early April. Stay tuned.

Webaroo emerging from stealth

Webaroo — a stealthy startup that was founded in Seattle — is getting ready to unveil a new technology that it says will bring a “breakthrough capability to your mobile world.”

Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik reports that Webaroo co-founder Rakesh Mathur — who co-founded Junglee and worked for a short spell at Amazon.com — is returning to Silicon Valley from Seattle to run the startup. Malik says he is under embargo and can’t write about the new business, saying only that it is an interesting idea. Silicon Beat also provides some background on Mathur and Webaroo’s upcoming launch.

I covered Webaroo last summer, talking about the backgrounds of the founders and vaguely discussing the market they are attacking. The company’s Web site still lists Seattle as one of its locations, but the startup only has jobs available in Silicon Valley and India.

I had heard rumblings that Webaroo would be coming out of stealth mode soon, so I contacted co-founder Brad Husick earlier this week. He tells me that Seattle will remain an important location for the company, with marketing, sales and operations based here. Mathur recently sold his home in the Seattle area and relocated to the Bay Area for personal reasons, Husick said. But that doesn’t mean the entire company is heading south.

More details are slated to emerge about Webaroo in early April. Stay tuned.